Art of decorating wrapped candy



Feb. 21,4928. 1,660,250

R. D. BOGUE ET AL ART OF DECORATING WRAPPED CANDY Filed April 2. 1927 1 WE N TOR.

By a Md afia A TTORNE Y.

Patented Feb. 21,1928.

UNITED- STATES" PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT D. IBOGUE ANDIIENRY EROMHOLIL. OF CINCINNATI, 0310,. A SSIGNORS TO rnn cINcIm'IA'rrcANnY cont-rum, or CINCINNATI. 01110,. A CORPORATION or CHIC).

Application filed April 2,

' tion of steps which relate to thee-mbossihg and decorative arts which areoarri'ed out in a certain definite series of operations by dies may be" manufactured.

It is the object of our invention to mold or form candies so that there will be patterns either in an elevated or' a depressed plane, to then cover the candies with wrappers which are given the shapeof the patterns on the which the finished decorated wrapped cart-- candies and to then decorate the wrappers by the addition of colors or shades which will make the patterns covering parts appear in contrast to the main bodies of the wrappers. It is also our object to proceed with the aforementioned steps in such manner that as much as possible, hand labor may be avoided.

Referring to the drawings in which We have illustrated a piece of candy and a wrapper showing the appearance during the subsequent steps of carrying out our art and process.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a piece of candy shaped as a watch.

Figure 2 is a sideelevation of the piece shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a plan view of a wrapper for the candy piece.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the wrapped piece prior to the final decorating.

Figure 5 is a plan view of the wrapped piece after the final decorating step.

The piece of candy illustrated has a round face portion 1 with raised ordinals 2 indlcating the several hours usually indicated on the face of a watch and raised hands 3. The particular candy piece shown also has a stem portion 4: indicated. The wrapper for the piece indicated at 5 is shown as sufliciently large to enclose the entire piece. It will, however, be possible to supply only a sufficient part of the wrapper as would be required to only cover the face of the watch as might be provided with a disc like piece having an area equal to that of the face of the watch.

The wrapper is ordinarily of thin material such as foil or tissue and it will be apparent .that after wrapping if pressure is brought to bear with a soft roller against the face of ART or nncom'rme wmrnn canon 1927. Serial 1T0. 180;55T."

which usually consists in" passing the wrapped piece into contact with an inking or pain'ting roller. The plane of the sur faces of the ordinal's' indicated at 6 being slightly elevatedfromthe surface of the watch will cause the ink or paint to adhere thereto without smudging the whole face of the watch. Thus the raised portions of the wrapper may be colored with any desired shade which will contrast with the color of the wrapper.

In carrying out the process in what might be called a reverse manner, the candy piece may have the surface of the dial embossed with the pattern formed with depressions as by a stamping operation. The thin wrapper will then have a surface in one plane and a pattern in an offset plane. In order to decorate such a wrapped piece it will, of course, be necessary to color or decorate the background or surface, leaving the pattern to stand out in contrast to the colored ground.

In actual manufacture the wrapped pieces may be passed in a continuous manner under a coloring roller to which paint or ink may be supplied as required. Thus the hand labor of individually decorating each piece may be avoided. A series of wrappedpieces may also be given the original pressing to bring out the embossed pattern of the candy 'on the wrapper by passing them in a continuous line under a soft rubber roller.

In decorating wrapped pieces of candy shaped as watches, itwill be possible to use a gold colored foil and to then paint the ordinals with luminous or other paint as indicated at 6, which will thus form an object which will find instant appreciation from children because of its similitude to a real watch.

Other types of objects may be molded from candy and embossed patterns in the wrappers for the candy may be similarly decorated as is thought to be apparent.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A process of decorating a wrapped piece of candy which consists in shaping candy so that a portion to be decorated will have a pattern in raised and depressedportions Wrapping a thin piece of sheet material about the candy, and pressing the sheet against the patterned portion so that it will have raised and elevated portions corresponding with the shape of the pattern in the candy piece, and subsequently coloring the raised portions of the wrapper so that a pattern thereon will appear in contrast to the background. ,7 a a 2. A process of decorating a wrapped piece of candy which consists in shaping candy so that a portion to be decorated will have a pattern in raised and depressed por tions, wrapping a thin sheet of material about the candy piece, resiliently pressing the wrapper against the pattern portion, and subsequently applying a coating to the pressed portion of the wrapper.

3. The art of decorating wrapped pieces embossed on the faces thereof, wrapping the pieces with thin sheet material, passing the wrapped pieces in a continuous'manner under a soft pressing roller, and subsequently passing vthe pressed pieces into engagement with a coating roller.

4. The process of decorating wrapped pieces of candy which consists in wrapping patterned pieces of candy with thin foil,

pressing the wrapped pieces so that the foil will conform to the shape of the candy and subsequently coloring the parts of the foil which lie in substantially the same plane so as to bring out in contrast the pattern of the candy pieces on the wrappers.

ROBERT D. ROGUE. HENRY J. FROMHOLD. 

